Comments on: Labeling Turnerhttp://blogs.getty.edu/iris/labeling-turner/
The online magazine of the GettySat, 28 Mar 2015 04:52:06 +0000hourly1By: Matthew Perduehttp://blogs.getty.edu/iris/labeling-turner/#comment-42916
Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:21:27 +0000http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=3404#comment-42916Dearest Emily: I learned much reading your write up of labeling Turner’s “Modern Rome—Campo Vaccino” and thank you greatly. As my friends that go with me to museums have said, I seem to read every word of every label on every piece of art work in the museum. With my next visit to the Getty I will savor reading again the written art you have produced next to the visual art it enlightens. Bravo!Monte bene! Grazzi!
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Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:29:00 +0000http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=3404#comment-34839Hi Mara — Thanks for your design question. I just checked with Irma, and the font is Minion Pro, which is what we use for all our permanent collection labels. It’s a classic, highly legible serif font. -Annelisa, Iris editor
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Sat, 28 May 2011 18:33:42 +0000http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=3404#comment-34167What font did they use for the wall label?
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Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:59:13 +0000http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=3404#comment-23784Hi Marilyn,

Great question! Glass is placed on artworks that are deemed vulnerable to damage by touch. Pictures that seem tempting for people to point at or paintings that attract a closer-than-average inspection by visitors will often be placed under glass. Turner’s “Modern Rome” is no different. In addition, this particular work has been in an extraordinary state of preservation and has been under glass since 1878. Glass will help to keep it that way.

Steve, Social Media Coordinator

]]>By: Marilyn Adamshttp://blogs.getty.edu/iris/labeling-turner/#comment-23684
Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:37:30 +0000http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=3404#comment-23684I have long been enthralled with Turner’s extravagant use of color and light to immerse the viewer into the heart of his paintings and am already planning my pilgrimage to see the Getty’s latest inspired acquisition. But I have a long-standing question to ask: Why are some oil paintings covered by glass and others (by the same artist/same period) not?
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